Myanmar's ousted ruling party leader meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's ousted ruling party
leader Shwe Mann met opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung
San Suu Kyi in the country's capital on Monday, a member of
parliament for the ruling party said.

President Thein Sein sacked Shwe Mann from the ruling Union
Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in dramatic fashion last
week, in part because of his relationship with rival party
leaders.

Shwe Mann, who remains speaker of parliament and a USDP
member, had built ties with Suu Kyi.

The two met for an hour on Monday, the parliamentarian said
on condition of anonymity. He said he did not know what they
discussed.
(Reporting by Aung Hla Tun, Timothy McLaughlin; Writing by
Simon Webb; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)